Gonzaga’s forward duo of Clarke and Rui Hachimura now have combined to score 31 points and are 12 of 17 from the field.

Much different look to this Saint Mary’s team compared to the Top-25 talent of the last few years. The lack of depth inside has hurt the Gaels and the Zags have taken notice.

First half

Halftime – Gonzaga 53, Saint Mary’s 20: Make that a 33-point lead over Saint Mary’s through the first 20 minutes. Dominance in every part of the game so far for the Zags, who will likely jump to No. 3 in the country when the AP poll is released on Monday.

Brandon Clarke, Rui Hachimura and Zach Norvell Jr. with 12 points each in the first half. Hachimura also has five boards, while Clarke has a pair of blocks.

Zags shoot 60.7 percent from the floor and 55.6 percent from 3-point range, while holding SMC to 20 percent overall and no makes from deep.

GU outrebounding the Gaels 24-12 and are outscoring Saitn Mary’s 24-8 in the paint.

Tommy Kuhse leads Saint Mary’s with 10 points.

2:47 – Gonzaga 46, Saint Mary’s 20: Safe to say this one might already be out of reach for the Gaels. Zags playing one of their best halves of the season with a pumped up crowd in the Kennel.

6:13 – Gonzaga 34, Saint Mary’s 16: Geno Crandall and Filip Petrusev check into the game for the Zags with Crandall getting his first bucket on a rather acrobatic layup.

Petrusev will likely see another spike in minutes with the news of another Killian Tillie injury. The freshman from Serbia played really well overall in nonconference play during Tillie’s first injury.

Rui Hachimura joins Brandon Clarke in double figures with 10 points. Josh Perkins with three assists, good enough to move the senior point guard into second place on GU’s all-time list.

Jordan Ford, the latest from Saint Mary’s assembly line of quality guards, leads the WCC in scoring at 22.1 points, but that doesn’t tell the entire story. The speedy 6-foot-1 junior is highly efficient with shooting percentages of 50.5 on field goals, 43.8 on 3-pointers and 81 on free throws. | Read more »

The domination enters a third decade and the blowouts, amazingly enough, get ever bigger. The worshippers at McCarthey Athletic Center are left to seek other, more exotic, Gonzaga basketball thrills. | Read more »